# M.Marimuthu vs The State of Tamilnadu

Court: madras High Court
Date: 2026-06-25
Petitioner: M.Marimuthu
Respondent: The State of Tamilnadu

[Official PDF on madras High Court website](https://mhc.tn.gov.in/judis/index.php/casestatus/viewpdf/2089808)

## Judgment text (excerpt)

BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED: 07-07-2026 CORAM THE HONOURABLE MR JUSTICE A.D.JAGADISH CHANDIRA AND THE HONOURABLE MS.JUSTICE R. POORNIMA HCP(MD) NO. 862 of 2026 M.Marimuthu Petitioner(s) Vs 1. The State of Tamilnadu, Rep by the Additional Chief Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Chennai - 9. 2. The District Collector and District Magistrate, Thoothukudi District. 3. The Superintendent of Prison, Central Prison, Palayamkottai, Tirunelveli. 4. The Superintendent, District Jail, Perurani, Thoothukudi District. Respondent(s) For Petitioner(s): Mr.N.Pragalathan For Respondent(s): Mr.G.Karuppasamy Pandiyan, Counsel for State of Tamil Nadu(Crl.Side) Prayer: Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, to call for the entire records connected with the detention order passed in H.S.(M) Confdl No.65/2025 dated 01-07-2025 on the file of the 2nd respondent herein and quash the same and direct the respondents to produce the detenu or body of the detenu namely, the petitioner's son i.e., Balamurugan, aged about 21 years, S/o. Marimuthu, now detained at the District Jail, Perurani, Thoothukudi District, before th

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